A Very Unsettled Summer (2013)

Plotzle Expert · Puzzle #8 · March 11, 2026 · Drama

Six plot descriptions for A Very Unsettled Summer (2013). One is the real plot. Five are convincing fakes. Read them and guess which is real.

1. Three college roommates rent a beach house for June but their plans dissolve when one reveals she's pregnant and another admits to sleeping with her boyfriend during spring break.
2. A woman spends July visiting her husband in a psychiatric facility as he recovers from a breakdown and she gradually realizes their marriage may not survive his return to normalcy.
3. An unemployed architect takes a temporary job at his uncle's hardware store and develops an unexpected friendship with a teenage employee who reminds him of his younger self before compromise set in.
4. A high school chemistry teacher returns to his childhood home in Vermont for the summer and reconnects with his estranged brother while helping their aging father sell the family farm.
5. Two former business partners meet annually at a lake cabin to fish but this year their conversation circles around an old financial dispute that neither can fully remember or let go.
6. A man gets drawn into a fictional game created by his ex-girlfriend and becomes sexually involved with her, then tries to write an ending to his own life story to regain control.